English 102 helps
develop a student’s use of academic
English for the successful use of writing
and verbal communication throughout Lincoln
and afterwards. The course helps a student
to write, to read, and to listen
effectively, critically, coherently, and
persuasively. The course teaches the
research paper, which helps a student to
develop the ability to understand the
difference between factual information and
opinion, and helps the student recognize how
to distinguish between the ethical and
appropriate use of an other person’s
writing and ideas so as to make informed
judgments and be able to solve problems with
sound standards. The course helps students
develop the ability to develop, modify, and
create research agendas around contemporary
and enduring issues. Additionally, the
student learns how to find, evaluate,
organize, store, retrieve, arrange,
synthesize, annotate, cite, and present
information from a variety of print and
electronic sources.

Additionally, through
the literature text, Making Literature
Matter, the course helps a student to
develop the ability to comprehend the
ethical social values of a diverse world and
to grasp that many historical and
contemporary courses of action are guided by
a variety of value judgments.

English 102 introduces
students to:

ØThe process of planning and
writing a college-level research paper in
the humanities;

ØThe principal literary genres,
the study of literature, and the writing of
analytical essays on literature;

ØThe further development of
expository writing skills by writing an
argumentative essay;

ØThe elements of syntax,
grammar, and style will be reviewed as
needed by the students. Serious writing
deficiencies must be overcome by the
students independently and/or at the Writing
Center.

Required
Texts:

Hacker, Diana. A Pocket Style Manual. Latest Edition.
Bedford. Print.

The grades on the
argument essay and the research paper (or
papers) should constitute the primary final
grade. The 5-7 page research paper. The
research paper is the most important aspect
of ENG102, and should be graded
accordingly. Faculty members may limit the
topics of research. MLA style should be
used. The sequence for preparing and writing
a research paper must minimally include:
Topic selection, library research methods,
bibliography-production,
note-taking/summarizing, outlining, and
drafting and revising the final product.These sequences should be treated as
sequential parts, and given some weight in
the final grade of the research paper.

The writing process,
learned in ENG101, should be reinforced in
ENG102; sentence outlines and multiple
revision drafts should be treated as
sequential components of each assignment.
The structure and organization of these
essays should be the same as in ENG101:
Essays should include thesis statement,
topic sentences, introductions and
conclusions. As in ENG101, students should
be allowed to revise some, if not most, of
their essays; revision grades may be
incorporated at the faculty member's
judgment.

Library orientation.
All ENG102 sections should be scheduled for
a library orientation. Faculty members
should call the Library and schedule a visit
early in the semester.